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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 565

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to reform the Federal

budget process, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 25, 1993

Mr. KOLBE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Government Operations and Rules

A BILL

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to reform

the Federal budget process, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

4 ACT OF 1974.

5 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever any

6 provision of this Act is expressed as an amendment to a

7 section or other provision, the reference shall be deemed

8 to be made to a section or other provision of the Congres9 sional Budget Act of 1974.
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1 TITLE I—BIENNIAL BUDGET

2 CYCLE

3 SEC. 101. BIENNIAL CONGRESSIONAL BUDGETS.

4 (a) REVISION OF TIMETABLE.—Section 300 is

5 amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘TIMETABLE

7 ‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the Con8 gressional budget process for any Congress (beginning

9 with the One Hundred Fourth Congress) is as follows:

‘‘First Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

First Monday in February ....... President submits budget recommendations.

February 15 ............................. Congressional Budget Office submits reports

to Budget Committees.

March 15 .................................. Committees submit views and estimates to

Budget Committees.

April 15 .................................... Joint Budget Committee reports resolution on

the biennial budget.

May 15 ..................................... Congress completes action on resolution on

the biennial budget or automatic budget

resolution takes effect.

Annual appropriation bills may be considered.

June 10 .................................... House Appropriations Committee reports last

annual appropriation bill.

September 30 ........................... Congress completes action on reconciliation

legislation.

Congress completes action on annual appropriations bills.

October 1 ................................. Biennium begins.

‘‘Second Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

Fifteenth day after the session

begins.

President submits budget revisions.

February 15 ............................. Congressional Budget Office submits report

to Budget Committee.

June 10 .................................... House Appropriations Committee reports last

annual appropriation bill.

September 30 ........................... Congress completes action on annual appropriation bills.’’.
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1 (b) AMENDMENTS IMPLEMENTING BIENNIAL CON2 GRESSIONAL BUDGETING.—

3 (1) DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.—Section 2(2)

4 is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘biennially’’.

6 (2) DEFINITIONS.—(A) Paragraph (4) of sec7 tion 3 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each

8 place it appears and inserting ‘‘a biennium’’.

9 (B) Section 3 is further amended by adding at

10 the end the following new paragraph:

11 ‘‘(11) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of

12 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

13 any odd-numbered year.’’.

14 (3) DUTIES OF CBO.—(A) Section 202(f)(1) is

15 amended—

16 (i) by striking ‘‘February 15 of each year’’

17 and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each odd-num18 bered calendar year’’;

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year commenc20 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien21 nium commencing’’;

22 (iii) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first

23 place it appears and inserting ‘‘such biennium’’;

24 and
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1 (iv) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the sec2 ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

3 year in such biennium’’;

4 (B) Section 202(f) is further amended—

5 (i) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘para6 graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and

7 (2)’’;

8 (ii) in paragraph (3)—

9 (I) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘each even-numbered calendar year’’,

11 (II) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year ending

12 September 30 of that calendar year’’ in

13 clause (A) and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year

14 in the biennium beginning October 1 of the

15 preceding calendar year’’,

16 (III) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year end17 ing September 30 of that calendar year’’ in

18 clause (B) and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year

19 of such biennium’’, and

20 (IV) by striking ‘‘fiscal year beginning

21 October 1 of that calendar year’’ and in22 serting ‘‘succeeding biennium’’;

23 (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and

24 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4) respectively; and
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1 (iv) by inserting after paragraph (1) the

2 following new paragraph:

3 ‘‘(2) On February 15 of each even-numbered

4 year, the Director shall transmit to the Committee

5 on the Budget of the House of Representatives and

6 the Senate such revisions of the report required by

7 paragraph (1) as may be necessary due to changing

8 economic conditions and due to any budget revisions

9 transmitted by the President pursuant to subsection

10 (b) of section 1106 of title 31, United States Code.’’.

11 (4) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON

12 THE BUDGET.—(A) Section 301(a) is amended—

13 (i) by striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’ and

14 inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-numbered year’’;

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

16 on October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap17 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium beginning on Oc18 tober 1 of such year’’;

19 (iii) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

20 on October 1 of such year’’ the second place it

21 appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such

22 period’’; and

23 (iv) by striking ‘‘each of the two ensuing

24 fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

25 the succeeding biennium’’.
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1 (B) Section 301(b) is amended—

2 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)

3 by inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ after ‘‘resolution

4 on the budget’’;

5 (ii) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘for such

6 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal year

7 in such biennium’’; and

8 (iii) by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘All matters and procedures set forth pursuant to para10 graph (4) shall remain in effect only for the biennium be11 ginning on October 1 of such fiscal year.’’.

12 (C) The first sentence of section 301(d) is

13 amended by inserting ‘‘odd-numbered’’ before

14 ‘‘year’’.

15 (D) Section 301(e) is amended—

16 (i) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘fiscal

17 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

18 (ii) by inserting between the second and

19 third sentences the following new sentence: ‘‘On

20 or before April 15 of each odd-numbered year

21 the Committee on the Budget shall report to its

22 House the concurrent resolution on the budget

23 referred to in subsection (a) for the biennium

24 beginning on October 1 of that year.’’; and

25 (iii) in paragraph (6)—
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1 (I) by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘four’’,

3 (II) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘the first fiscal year of such bien5 nium,’’,

6 four-fiscal-year period’’.

7 (E) Section 301(f) is amended by striking ‘‘fis8 cal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bien9 nium’’.

10 (F) Section 301(i)(1)(A) is amended—

11 (i) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in12 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ the

14 first place it appears and inserting ‘‘for either

15 fiscal year in such biennium’’.

16 (G) The section heading of section 301 is

17 amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL ADOPTION’’ and in18 serting ‘‘BIENNIAL ADOPTION’’.

19 (H) The table of contents set forth in section

20 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment

21 Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘Annual

22 Adoption’’ in the item relating to section 301 and

23 inserting ‘‘Biennial Adoption’’.

24 (5) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—(A) Sec25 tion 303(a) is amended by striking ‘‘for such fiscal
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1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for the biennium including

2 such fiscal year’’.

3 (B) Section 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

4 634(b)) is amended—

5 (i) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it

6 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

7 (ii) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting be8 fore the semicolon ‘‘, if such bill or resolution

9 does not cause the level of entitlement and

10 mandatory spending to be exceeded for the two

11 fiscal years following the biennium to which the

12 concurrent resolution applies’’; and

13 (iii) in the matter following paragraph (2),

14 by striking ‘‘any calendar year’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘any odd-numbered calendar year’’ and by

16 striking ‘‘in the House of Representatives’’.

17 (6) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT

18 RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—(1) Section 304(a)

19 is amended—

20 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first two

21 places it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

22 (B) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’; and

23 (C) by inserting before the period ‘‘for

24 such biennium’’.
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1 (7) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF

2 BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.—Section 305 is amended—

3 (A) in subsection (a)(3) by striking ‘‘for a

4 fiscal year’’; and

5 (B) in subsection (b)(3) by striking ‘‘for a

6 fiscal year’’.

7 (8) REPORTS AND SUMMARIES OF CONGRES8 SIONAL BUDGET ACTIONS.—(A)(i) Section 308(a)(1)

9 is amended—

10 (I) in the matter preceding subparagraph

11 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year (or fiscal years)’’

12 and inserting ‘‘biennium (or bienniums)’’,

13 (II) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘fis14 cal year (or fiscal years)’’ and inserting ‘‘bien15 nium (or bienniums)’’, and

16 (III) in subparagraph (C) by striking

17 ‘‘such fiscal year (or fiscal years)’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘such biennium (or bienniums)’’.

19 (ii) Section 308(a)(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year

20 (or fiscal years)’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium (or

21 bienniums)’’.

22 (B) Section 308(b)(1) is amended—

23 (i) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place

24 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;
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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’ after

2 ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget’’; and

3 (iii) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year preceding

4 such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

5 in the biennium preceding such biennium’’.

6 (C) Section 308(c) is amended—

7 (i) by striking ‘‘Five’’ in the subsection

8 heading and inserting ‘‘Four’’;

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it

10 appears in the matter preceding paragraph (1)

11 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

12 (iii) by striking ‘‘5 fiscal years’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘4 fiscal years’’.

14 (9) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—(A) Section

15 310(a) is amended—

16 (i) by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ in the

17 matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting

18 ‘‘any biennium’’;

19 (ii) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘such fis20 cal year’’ each place it appears and inserting

21 ‘‘each fiscal year in such biennium’’; and

22 (iii) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘for

23 each fiscal year in such biennium’’ after ‘‘reve24 nues’’.

25 (B) Section 310(f) is amended—
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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered cal2 endar year’’ after ‘‘July’’,

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal year beginning on

4 October 1 of the calendar year to which the ad5 journment resolution pertains’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘biennium beginning on October 1 of such cal7 endar year’’, and

8 (iii) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and

9 inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’.

10 (10) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—Section

11 311(a)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each

12 place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

13 (11) BILLS PROVIDING NEW SPENDING AU14 THORITY.—Section 401(b)(2) is amended by striking

15 ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ the second place it appears

16 and inserting ‘‘for the biennium in which such fiscal

17 year occurs’’.

18 (12) ANALYSIS BY CBO.—Section 403(a) is

19 amended—

20 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in para21 graph (1) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the

22 biennium’’;

23 (B) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years following

24 such year’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting

25 ‘‘each fiscal year in the succeeding biennium’’;
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in para2 graph (2) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the

3 biennium’’; and

4 (D) by striking ‘‘four fiscal years following

5 such fiscal year’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting

6 ‘‘each fiscal year in the succeeding biennium’’.

7 (c) AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF

8 REPRESENTATIVES.—

9 (1) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules of

10 the House of Representatives is amended by insert11 ing ‘‘odd-numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.

12 (2) Clause 4(a)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the

13 House of Representatives is amended by striking

14 ‘‘such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium in

15 which such fiscal year begins’’.

16 (3) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the

17 House of Representatives is amended by striking

18 ‘‘concurrent resolutions on the budget for each fiscal

19 year’’ and inserting ‘‘concurrent resolution on the

20 budget required under section 301(a) of the Con21 gressional Budget Act of 1974 for each biennium’’.

22 (4) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the

23 House of Representatives is amended by striking

24 ‘‘annually’’ each place it appears and inserting

25 ‘‘biennially’’.
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1 (5) Clause 4(g) of rule X of the Rules of the

2 House of Representatives is amended—

3 (A) by striking ‘‘February 25 of each

4 year’’ and inserting ‘‘March 15 of each odd5 numbered year’’;

6 (B) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place

7 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

8 (C) by striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and in9 serting ‘‘each fiscal year in such ensuing bien10 nium’’.

11 (6) Clause 4(h) of rule X of the Rules of the

12 House of Representatives is amended by striking

13 ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

14 (7) Clause 4(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the

15 House of Representatives is amended by striking

16 ‘‘fiscal year if reported after September 15 preceding

17 the beginning of such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi18 ennium if reported after August 1 of the year in

19 which such biennium begins’’.

20 (8) Clause 2 of rule XLIX of the Rules of the

21 House of Representatives is amended by striking

22 ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
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1 SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES

2 CODE.

3 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 1101 of title 31, United

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow5 ing new paragraph:

6 ‘‘(3) ‘biennium’ has the meaning given to such

7 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres8 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

9 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11))’’.

10 (b) BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORITY OF

11 THE PRESIDENT.—Section 1104(c) of title 31, United

12 States Code, is amended—

13 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’;

14 (2) by striking the second sentence; and

15 (3) by adding at the end the following new

16 paragraph:

17 ‘‘(2) The budget submitted pursuant to section 1105

18 for the biennium beginning on October 1, 1995, and the

19 estimates of outlays and proposed budget authority re20 quired to be submitted under section 1109 for such bien21 nium, shall be set forth in the same accounts which are

22 set forth in the Budget Accounts Listing contained in the

23 budget submitted for fiscal year 1995 under section 1105.

24 Any change in the accounts used in the budget submitted

25 under section 1105 for the biennium beginning on October

26 1, 1995, or any succeeding biennium, or in the estimates
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1 of outlays and proposed budget authority required under

2 section 1109 for any such biennium, from the accounts

3 set forth in the Budget Accounts Listing contained in the

4 budget submitted under section 1105 for fiscal year 1995,

5 or the previous biennium, as the case may be, shall be

6 made only in consultation with the Committees on Appro7 priations, the Committees on the Budget, and the commit8 tees having legislative jurisdiction over the programs or

9 activities which will be affected by such changes. The pro10 visions of this paragraph do not prohibit the inclusion of

11 proposed new accounts in the Budget Accounts Listing

12 contained in the budget submitted pursuant to section

13 1105 solely for purposes of presenting estimates for pro14 posed new programs.’’.

15 (c) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

16 CONGRESS.—(1) So much of section 1105(a) of title 31,

17 United States Code, as precedes paragraph (1) is amended

18 to read as follows:

19 ‘‘(a) On or before the first Monday in February dur20 ing the first session of a Congress, beginning with the One

21 Hundred Fourth Congress, the President shall transmit

22 to the Congress, the budget for the biennium beginning

23 on October 1 of such calendar year. The budget transmit24 ted under this subsection shall include a budget message
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1 and summary and supporting information. The President

2 shall include in each budget the following:’’.

3 (2) Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United States

4 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for which

5 the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that

6 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for

7 which the budget is submitted and in the succeeding bien8 nium’’.

9 (3) Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United States

10 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for which

11 the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that

12 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for

13 which the budget is submitted and in the succeeding bien14 nium’’.

15 (4) Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States

16 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.

18 (5) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States

19 Code, is amended—

20 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in subpara21 graph (A) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi22 ennium’’; and

23 (B) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years after that year’’

24 in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘2 fiscal years
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1 immediately following the second fiscal year in such

2 biennium’’.

3 (6) Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United States

4 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.

6 (7) Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States

7 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget

9 is submitted’’.

10 (8) Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United States

11 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.

13 (9) Section 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States

14 Code, is amended—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year following the

16 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi17 ennium following the biennium’’;

18 (B) by striking ‘‘that following fiscal year’’ and

19 inserting ‘‘each such fiscal year’’; and

20 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fiscal

21 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bien22 nium’’.

23 (10) Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States

24 Code, is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘the prior fiscal year’’ and in2 serting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently completed fiscal

3 years’’;

4 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

6 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and inserting ‘‘in

7 that fiscal year’’.

8 (11) Section 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States

9 Code, is amended—

10 (A) by striking ‘‘the prior fiscal year’’ and in11 serting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently completed fiscal

12 years’’;

13 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

15 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ each place it ap16 pears and inserting ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.

17 (d) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

18 AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES.—Section 1105(b) of title 31,

19 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’

20 and inserting ‘‘each even-numbered year’’.

21 (e) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DEFI22 CIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States

23 Code, is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year for’’ each place it

25 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium for’’;
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1 (2) by inserting ‘‘or current biennium, as the

2 case may be,’’ after ‘‘current fiscal year’’; and

3 (3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘that

4 period’’.

5 (f) STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN

6 CHANGES.—Section 1105(d) of title 31, United States

7 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘biennium’’.

9 (g) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

10 1105(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by

11 striking ‘‘ensuing fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium to

12 which such budget relates’’.

13 (h) COMPLIANCE WITH MAXIMUM DEFICIT

14 AMOUNT.—Section 1105(f) of title 31, United States

15 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘a fiscal year’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘a biennium’’ and by striking ‘‘fiscal years’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘bienniums’’.

18 (i) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

19 CHANGES.—(1) Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States

20 Code, is amended—

21 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by

22 striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

23 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘that fiscal

24 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such bien25 nium’’;
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1 (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years

2 following the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 fiscal

3 years following the biennium’’;

4 (D) by striking ‘‘future fiscal years’’ in para5 graph (3) and inserting ‘‘the 2 fiscal years following

6 the biennium for which the budget is submitted’’;

7 and

8 (E) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ in paragraph (3)

9 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

10 (2) Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States Code,

11 is amended by—

12 (A) striking ‘‘Before July 16 of each year’’ and

13 inserting ‘‘On or before the fifteenth day after the

14 day on which the second session of a Congress con15 venes’’;

16 (B) striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and

18 (C) striking the last sentence.

19 (j) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI20 MATES.—(1) Section 1109(a) of title 31, United States

21 Code, is amended—

22 (A) by striking ‘‘On or before the first Monday

23 after January 3 of each year (on or before February

24 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At the same time the
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1 budget required by section 1105 is submitted for a

2 biennium’’; and

3 (B) by striking ‘‘the following fiscal year’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of such period’’.

5 (2) Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code,

6 is amended by inserting ‘‘odd-numbered calendar’’ after

7 ‘‘each’’.

8 (k) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING

9 LEGISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States

10 Code, is amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi12 ennium (beginning on or after October 1, 1995)’’,

13 and

14 (2) by striking ‘‘year before the year in which

15 the fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘second cal16 endar year preceding the calendar year in which the

17 biennium begins’’.

18 (l) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV19 ICES.—Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code, is

20 amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘The’’ each place it appears and

22 inserting ‘‘For each biennium beginning with the bi23 ennium beginning on October 1, 1995, the’’; and

24 (2) by striking ‘‘each year’’ each place it ap25 pears.
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1 TITLE II—BINDING BUDGET

2 RESOLUTION

3 SEC. 201. JOINT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the

5 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

6 1974 is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(4) The term ‘joint resolution on the budget’

8 means—

9 ‘‘(A) a joint resolution setting forth the

10 simplified budget for the United States Govern11 ment for a biennium as provided in section 301;

12 and

13 ‘‘(B) any other joint resolution revising the

14 budget for the United States Government for a

15 biennium as described in section 304.’’.

16 (b) CONFORMING TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS CHANG17 ING ‘‘CONCURRENT’’ TO ‘‘JOINT’’ RESOLUTION.—(1) Sec18 tions 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 308, 310, 311, 601,

19 602, 603, 604, 605, and 606 are amended by striking

20 ‘‘concurrent resolution’’ each place it appears and by in21 serting in its place ‘‘joint resolution’’.

22 (3) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of

23 the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act

24 of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘Concurrent’’ in the items
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1 relating to sections 301, 303, and 304 and inserting

2 ‘‘Joint’’.

3 (3) Clauses 4(a)(2), 4(b)(2), 4(g), and 4(h) of rule

4 X, clause 8 of rule XXIII, and rule XLIX of the Rules

5 of the House of Representatives are amended by striking

6 ‘‘concurrent’’ and by inserting in its place ‘‘joint’’.

7 (4) Section 258C(1)(B) of the Deficit Control Act of

8 1985 is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘joint’’.

10 TITLE III—ENHANCED

11 RESCISSIONS

12 SEC. 301. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PRO13 POSED RESCISSIONS.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title X of the Congres15 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

16 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended by redesignating sections

17 1013 through 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018, re18 spectively, and inserting after section 1012 the following

19 new section:

20 ‘‘EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED

21 RESCISSIONS

22 ‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET

23 AUTHORITY.—In addition to the method of rescinding

24 budget authority specified in section 1012, the President

25 may propose, at the time and in the manner provided in

26 subsection (b), the rescission of any budget authority pro-
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1 vided in an appropriations Act. Funds made available for

2 obligation under this procedure may not be proposed for

3 rescission again under this section or section 1012.

4 ‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.—

5 ‘‘(1) Not later than 3 days after the date of en6 actment of an appropriation Act, the President may

7 transmit to Congress a special message proposing to

8 rescind amounts of budget authority provided in

9 that Act and include with that special message a

10 draft bill or joint resolution that, if enacted, would

11 only rescind that budget authority.

12 ‘‘(2) In the case of an appropriation Act that

13 includes accounts within the jurisdiction of more

14 than one subcommittee of the Committee on Appro15 priations, the President in proposing to rescind

16 budget authority under this section shall send a sep17 arate special message and accompanying draft bill or

18 joint resolution for accounts within the jurisdiction

19 of each such subcommittee.

20 ‘‘(3) Each special message shall specify, with

21 respect to the budget authority proposed to be re22 scinded, the matters referred to in paragraphs (1)

23 through (5) of section 1012(a).

24 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS SUBJECT TO RESCIS25 SION.—
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1 ‘‘(1) The amount of budget authority which the

2 President may propose to rescind in a special mes3 sage under this section for a particular program,

4 project, or activity for a fiscal year may not exceed

5 25 percent of the amount appropriated for that pro6 gram, project, or activity in that Act.

7 ‘‘(2) The limitation contained in paragraph (1)

8 shall only apply to a program, project, or activity

9 that is authorized by law.

10 ‘‘(d) PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDER11 ATION.—

12 ‘‘(1)(A) Before the close of the second day of

13 continuous session of the applicable House after the

14 date of receipt of a special message transmitted to

15 Congress under subsection (b), the majority leader

16 or minority leader of the House of Congress in

17 which the appropriation Act involved originated shall

18 introduce (by request) the draft bill or joint resolu19 tion accompanying that special message. If the bill

20 or joint resolution is not introduced as provided in

21 the preceding sentence, then, on the third day of

22 continuous session of that House after the date of

23 receipt of that special message, any Member of that

24 House may introduce the bill or joint resolution.
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1 ‘‘(B) The bill or joint resolution shall be re2 ferred to the Committee on Appropriations of that

3 House. The committee shall report the bill or joint

4 resolution without substantive revision and with or

5 without recommendation. The bill or joint resolution

6 shall be reported not later than the seventh day of

7 continuous session of that House after the date of

8 receipt of that special message. If the Committee on

9 Appropriations fails to report the bill or joint resolu10 tion within that period, that committee shall be

11 automatically discharged from consideration of the

12 bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint resolu13 tion shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.

14 ‘‘(C) A vote on final passage of the bill or joint

15 resolution shall be taken in that House on or before

16 the close of the 10th calendar day of continuous ses17 sion of that House after the date of the introduction

18 of the bill or joint resolution in that House. If the

19 bill or joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the

20 House of Representatives (in the case of a bill or

21 joint resolution agreed to in the House of Represent22 atives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case

23 of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate)

24 shall cause the bill or joint resolution to be en25 grossed, certified, and transmitted to the other
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1 House of Congress on the same calendar day on

2 which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to.

3 ‘‘(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to

4 the House of Representatives or the Senate pursu5 ant to paragraph (1)(C) shall be referred to the

6 Committee on Appropriations of that House. The

7 committee shall report the bill or joint resolution

8 without substantive revision and with or without rec9 ommendation. The bill or joint resolution shall be re10 ported not later than the seventh day of continuous

11 session of that House after it receives the bill or

12 joint resolution. A committee failing to report the

13 bill or joint resolution within such period shall be

14 automatically discharged from consideration of the

15 bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint resolu16 tion shall be placed upon the appropriate calendar.

17 ‘‘(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint

18 resolution transmitted to that House shall be taken

19 on or before the close of the 10th calendar day of

20 continuous session of that House after the date on

21 which the bill or joint resolution is transmitted. If

22 the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in that

23 House, the Clerk of the House of Representatives

24 (in the case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in

25 the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of
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1 the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint resolution

2 agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the engrossed

3 bill or joint resolution to be returned to the House

4 in which the bill or joint resolution originated.

5 ‘‘(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representa6 tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint

7 resolution under this section shall be highly privi8 leged and not debatable. An amendment to the mo9 tion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order

10 to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion

11 is agreed to or disagreed to.

12 ‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives

13 on a bill or joint resolution under this section shall

14 not exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided equally

15 between those favoring and those opposing the bill

16 or joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate

17 shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order to

18 move to recommit a bill or joint resolution under

19 this section or to move to reconsider the vote by

20 which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to or dis21 agreed to.

22 ‘‘(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat23 ing to the application of the Rules of the House of

24 Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill or
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1 joint resolution under this section shall be decided

2 without debate.

3 ‘‘(D) Except to the extent specifically provided

4 in the preceding provisions of this subsection, con5 sideration of a bill or joint resolution under this sec6 tion shall be governed by the Rules of the House of

7 Representatives.

8 ‘‘(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to

9 the consideration of a bill or joint resolution under

10 this section shall be privileged and not debatable. An

11 amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor

12 shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote

13 by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.

14 ‘‘(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill or joint res15 olution under this section, and all debatable motions

16 and appeals in connection therewith, shall not exceed

17 10 hours. The time shall be equally divided between,

18 and controlled by, the majority leader and the mi19 nority leader or their designees.

20 ‘‘(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable

21 motion or appeal in connection with a bill or joint

22 resolution under this section shall be limited to not

23 more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between,

24 and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the

25 bill or joint resolution, except that in the event the
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1 manager of the bill or joint resolution is in favor of

2 any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition

3 thereto, shall be controlled by the minority leader or

4 his designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may,

5 from time under their control on the passage of a

6 bill or joint resolution, allot additional time to any

7 Senator during the consideration of any debatable

8 motion or appeal.

9 ‘‘(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit

10 debate on a bill or joint resolution under this section

11 is not debatable. A motion to recommit a bill or joint

12 resolution under this section is not in order.

13 ‘‘(e) AMENDMENTS PROHIBITED.—No amendment to

14 a bill or joint resolution considered under this section shall

15 be in order in either the House of Representatives or the

16 Senate. No motion to suspend the application of this sub17 section shall be in order in either House, nor shall it be

18 in order in either House to suspend the application of this

19 subsection by unanimous consent.

20 ‘‘(f) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR OBLI21 GATION.—Any amount of budget authority proposed to be

22 rescinded in a special message transmitted to Congress

23 under subsection (b) shall be made available for obligation

24 on the day after the date on which either House defeats
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1 the bill or joint resolution transmitted with that special

2 message.

3 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—

4 ‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriation Act’ means any

5 general or special appropriation Act, and any Act or

6 joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or

7 continuing appropriations; and

8 ‘‘(2) continuity of a session of either House of

9 Congress shall be considered as broken only by an

10 adjournment of that House sine die, and the days on

11 which that House is not in session because of an ad12 journment of more than 3 days to a date certain

13 shall be excluded in the computation of any period.’’.

14 (b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section

15 904 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended—

16 (1) by striking ‘‘and 1017’’ in subsection (a)

17 and inserting ‘‘1013, and 1018’’; and

18 (2) by striking ‘‘section 1017’’ in subsection (d)

19 and inserting ‘‘sections 1013 and 1018’’; and

20 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

21 (1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5))

22 is amended—

23 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1013’’

24 and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and

25 (B) in paragraph (5)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘1016’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘1017’’; and

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘1017(b)(1)’’ and in4 serting ‘‘1018(b)(1)’’.

5 (2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685)

6 (as redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended—

7 (A) by striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place

8 it appears and inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or

9 1014’’;

10 (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking

11 ‘‘1012’’ and inserting ‘‘1012 or 1013’’;

12 (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking

13 ‘‘1013’’ and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and

14 (D) in subsection (e)(2)—

15 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of

16 subparagraph (A);

17 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph

18 (B) as subparagraph (C);

19 (iii) by striking ‘‘1013’’ in subpara20 graph (C) (as so redesignated) and insert21 ing ‘‘1014’’; and

22 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph

23 (A) the following new subparagraph:
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1 ‘‘(B) he has transmitted a special message

2 under section 1013 with respect to a proposed

3 rescission; and’’.

4 (3) Section 1016 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 686)

5 (as redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended by

6 striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place it appears and

7 inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or 1014’’.

8 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections

9 for subpart B of title X of such Act is amended—

10 (1) by redesignating the items relating to sec11 tions 1013 through 1017 as items relating to sec12 tions 1014 through 1018; and

13 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec14 tion 1012 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions.’’.

15 TITLE IV—SUPERMAJORITY

16 POINTS OF ORDER

17 SEC. 401. SUPERMAJORITY POINTS OF ORDER.

18 Section 904(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of

19 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new

20 sentence: ‘‘Any point of order set forth in title III, IV,

21 or VI may be waived or suspended in the House of Rep22 resentatives only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of

23 the Members voting, a quorum being present.’’.

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